Silvio Berlusconi

Fears grow as S&P cuts Italy’s credit rating

News Tue 20 Sep 2011, AT 11:41

Business digest: Credit ratings agency expresses doubts over Italy’s ability to cut it huge debts

Societe Generale french banks

Moody’s downgrades two major French banks

News Wed 14 Sep 2011, AT 15:01

Business digest: Credit ratings agency cites Greek debt exposure, prompts fears over eurozone future

Dollar

US faces credit rating cut as threat of default looms

News Fri 15 Jul 2011, AT 11:08

Business digest: Stalemate in Congress over raising the debt ceiling has provoked warnings from S&P’s and Moody’s

Ireland bank crisis

EU slams rating agencies as Ireland graded ‘junk’

News Wed 13 Jul 2011, AT 13:40

Business digest: ‘Stiff measures’ proposed to limit credit rating agencies’ power over failing countries

European Central Bank ECB

S&P downgrades Greece’s credit rating

News Mon 9 May 2011, AT 17:37

Business digest: Move raises questions over the eurozone and Greece’s ability to pay off loans

greek bank

Moody’s cuts Greece credit rating by three points

News Mon 7 Mar 2011, AT 13:21

Business digest: Country faces crisis as its credit rating is labelled ‘highly speculative’

Warren Buffett

Banks bullied agencies into giving them AAA ratings

News Thu 3 Jun 2010, AT 11:32

EU announces new rules, but they won’t tackle flawed system in which banks pay agencies to rate their credit

Westminster Houses of Parliament big ben

UK bonds hit by fear of hung parliament

News Mon 8 Feb 2010, AT 07:23

Concerns that government could be powerless to restore fiscal health

Citibank

Deep slump, falling pound: Britain’s Black Christmas

News Wed 23 Dec 2009, AT 06:49

UK banks downgraded by Standard & Poor to rank with Portugal and Chile

Darling to go on spending despite credit-rating risk

News Wed 9 Dec 2009, AT 07:22

Moody’s warns that both UK and US are taking a risk with public sector expenditure